The 1932 partition sought to divert Voltaic labor to colonial plantations. For fifteen years, traditional leaders like Mogho Naaba Kom II and parliamentarians like Philippe Zinda Kaboré mounted sustained political pressure to restore Upper Volta.
Reconstitution of Upper Volta in 1947: The Historic Battle for Territorial Unity
Dismembered in 1932 by colonial decree, Upper Volta was reconstituted on September 4, 1947 through tenacious advocacy by customary chiefs and elected leaders.
By The Newsroom·August 3, 2026·Bobo-Dioulasso & Ouagadougou
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